His comments come after Sadhvi Pragya had said she is 'proud' to accept that she was involved in demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
02 May 2019 4:31 PM
We took the opportunity to ask Akhtar if he’d like someone to make a biopic of his life.
22 Apr 2019 3:38 AM
In a candid conversation, Javed Akhtar talks about poetry, films and the current political cloudscape.
06 Apr 2019 6:37 AM
Earlier, Akhtar took to Twitter to say that he had not written any songs for the film and was shocked to find his name on its poster.
05 Apr 2019 8:11 AM
PM Narendra Modi, directed by Omung Kumar and featuring Vivek Oberoi in the lead, releases on April 5.
23 Mar 2019 3:38 PM
Lyricist Sameer expressed his shock over his name in the credits of the film PM Narendra Modi starring Vivek Oberoi.
23 Mar 2019 2:22 PM
The first trailer of the Omung Kumar-directed biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, released on Wednesday.
23 Mar 2019 10:08 AM
Akhtar sais that Modi should start a Gujarat Regiment as no such unit exists presently and people from Surat and Ahmedabad should join it.
11 Mar 2019 7:54 AM
The film industry has cancelled and postponed events and launches as a mark of respect towards those martyred in Pulwama.
17 Feb 2019 12:00 AM
Zoya thinks out of the box and doesn’t get easily swayed by others’ opinions.
16 Feb 2019 4:39 AM
The couple was invited to Pakistan by the Karachi Arts Council for a two-day event.
15 Feb 2019 6:08 PM
Mr Javed Akhtar has not at all been nominated to the Board or any panel in any capacity: Prasoon Joshi
28 Oct 2018 12:28 AM
Today’s educated man knows that Charles Darwin’s theory was right, still he believes in creation.
16 Oct 2018 12:21 AM
This weekend saw the audio launch of filmmaker JP Dutta’s upcoming war film, Paltan.
28 Aug 2018 12:55 AM
The society has launched an initiative to ensure that composers and lyricists get their due from music companies.
15 Jul 2018 1:42 AM
One of the highlights was an interaction between Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi with Saif Mahmood on Jan Nisar Akhtar and Kaifi Azmi.
11 Jun 2018 5:12 AM
Anil sent her to me to so that I could dissuade her. I ended up doing the opposite.
08 May 2018 1:02 AM
In a historic move, the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) distributed royalty of around Rs 13 crore among music composers and lyricists.
25 Apr 2018 12:12 AM
Centre of the storm is a remixed version of composer Rajesh Roshan and poet Javed Akhtar’s rendition.
25 Apr 2018 12:12 AM
Javed says he is delighted to be the first recipient of this prestigious award.
08 Apr 2018 12:20 AM